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Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: It is all over the public airwaves.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: I have some years annual service in this House and have seen various shades of this issue being raised in Governments over the years. I am entitled to raise a question like this on the Order of Business. I am not making any grievous charge against anybody. I am asking the Tánaiste if she considers that it was ethically correct for the Minister for Defence to submit a sworn affidavit to...

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: -----the statement made by the leader of the Green Party, the Minister, Deputy Gormley, on 24 February 2007 that his party in government would introduce the "strictest ethical standards ever seen in this country".

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: Does the Tánaiste believe that what the Minister, Deputy O'Dea, did was ethically correct?

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: I concluded my contribution on that point by asking the Tánaiste a question. I hope the Ceann Comhairle will allow her to answer it. It requires a simple "Yes" or "No" answer. Does she believe it was ethically correct for the Minister for Defence to submit a sworn affidavit which he knew to be false?

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: I do not want a debate; all the Tánaiste has to do is answer "Yes" or "No". Second, the record of the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in securing jobs for the State is absolutely abysmal. The revelation today that she has again failed to secure 300 high-tech jobs for north Dublin and Meath is simply another demonstration of gross incompetence. She should...

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: It is difficult to judge which is worse, when the Tánaiste intervenes or when she does not intervene. The result is the same - failure, failure, failure. Was she told to get lost when she telephoned the chief executive officer of Aer Lingus to ask whether the airline was prepared to move from hangar six so that 300 jobs could be provided there?

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: I have asked two straight questions which require only a "Yes" or "No" response.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: The Tánaiste has not answered my question. It requires merely a "Yes" or "No" response.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: What about the jobs at Ryanair and SR Technics?

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: I did.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: Call his bluff if the belief is that he is bluffing.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: Call his bluff.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: And harbouring a perjurer.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: I do not wish to be disruptive to proceedings but I want to bring the Tánaiste back to the first question I asked. I understand the gardaí have clarified that they did not provide confidential information to the Minister for Defence about that the allegation he made that a citizen was running a brothel in Limerick.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: The Ceann Comhairle has interrupted continuously on a matter of State importance.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: I do not have the opportunity to address the Tánaiste every day. The gardaí have stated that they did not supply the information to the Minister for Defence that he claims was supplied to him.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: It is critical that Ministers in particular should be above and beyond the spreading of malicious rumours about any citizen.

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: I would like to know from the Tánaiste, and I am sure she wants to set the highest standards in Government, if she believes it was ethically correct for the Minister for Defence to submit a false affidavit to the High Court for political gain. Will she give a "Yes" or "No" answer?

Order of Business (18 Feb 2010)

Enda Kenny: The House determined a vote of confidence by numbers. The Ceann Comhairle is defending the Tánaiste.